What he said

http://eugenebyrne.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/r-i-p-venue-magazine/

From 'Catching Up'

Never having been this far north,

I’m curious to trace tarmac remains

thinning to patches in couch grass.

There is, perhaps, a freshness to the light,

these distances, and those we’ve come

in – what is it? – twenty-five years.

Gathering in hotels, B&Bs,

tomorrow we’ll descend

on their wedding party,

but for now there’s the distillery,

a scent of malted air.

The secondhand car lot extends

to muddy reaches

plunged at by dunlins, knots.

Copyright Tom Phillips 2012